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no-var-requires

Disallow require statements except in import statements.

✅

Extending "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended" in an ESLint configuration enables this rule.

In other words, the use of forms such as var foo = require("foo") are banned. Instead use ES6 style imports or import foo = require("foo") imports.

.eslintrc.cjs
module.exports = {
  "rules": {
    "@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires": "error"
  }
};
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Examples​

var foo = require('foo');
const foo = require('foo');
let foo = require('foo');
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Options​

This rule is not configurable.

When Not To Use It​

If your project frequently uses older CommonJS requires, then this rule might not be applicable to you. If only a subset of your project uses requires then you might consider using ESLint disable comments for those specific situations instead of completely disabling this rule.

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